Given name & surname
Vilis
“the determined protector”
Vilis is a variant of Vilhelm. In Danish use, Vilhelm carries the interpretation “the determined protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vilis is a variant of Vilhelm. In Danish use, Vilhelm carries the interpretation “the determined protector.”
Explained through its name family
Vilis’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Vilis has a conventional equivalent in the German form Wilhelm. Vilis has a related form in Vilhelm. In Latvian usage, Vilis has a conventional equivalent in the English form Will.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vilis has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vilis
- Vilis LācisLatvian writer, politician (1904-1966)
- Vilis KrištopansPrime Minister of Latvia (born 1954)
- Vilis PlūdonsLatvian poet1874–1940
- Vilis DaudziņšLatvian actorborn 1970
- Vilis OlavsLatvian writer (1867–1917)
- Vilis RīdzenieksLatvian painter (1884-1962)
- Vilis JanumsLatvian military officer (1894-1981)
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